Liz Truss endorses Donald Trump to win US presidential election
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Liz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year’s US presidential election, saying the “world was safer” when he was in the White House.
The UK’s shortest-serving prime minster said the world was “on the cusp of very, very strong conflict” and needed “a strong America more than ever”.
Her comments came as the first of Mr Trump’s four criminal trials began in New York.
Mr Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for November’s election.
Ms Truss, who recently spoke at a pro-Trump conference in the US, said the West’s “opponents feared the Trump presidency more” than the Democrats under Joe Biden.
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Truss said Mr Trump was more aggressive towards Iran and China. She also praised Mr Trump’s support for Ukraine, approving the sale of anti-tank Javelin missiles, despite his Republican allies’ recent attempts to block military aid to the country.
“I’m not saying that I agree with absolutely everything he’s ever said,” she said.
But she added: “I do agree that under Donald Trump when he was president of the United States, the world was safer.
“I want to work with fellow conservatives to take on what I believe is a real threat of Western society and civilization being undermined by left-wing extreme ideas.”
This includes supporting Nigel Farage “becoming an MP” if he were to re-join the Conservative party, she told the BBC.
Speaking to the Newscast podcast, Ms Truss said the founder of the political parties Ukip and Reform UK “believes in conservative values – I think it’s a shame he’s not in the Conservative Party”.
